LinuxCNC Discord? (for chat & support)

So, I had a look at it. But i must say I find it difficult to understand what the great benefit of that format should be.
Is it really just that big tape worm of posts that I think it is? Where is the organization into topics? How am I supposed to find out if a certain question has been replied to?
Reminds me of gitter. I posted a question once and never found out if anybody replied to it as it just got carried along with all the seemingly random posts. Do I really have to scroll through pages and pages of stuff to piece together my topic.
Ok, granted I'm over 34, so surely I must be really missing something here.

Same here !
And i am 50 but still do not see any use for it.
Guess it's just hip ATM.

tommylight wrote: Same here !
And i am 50 but still do not see any use for it.
Guess it's just hip ATM.

+1

Discord is about real-time chat.

I'd love it if we moved this forum to Discourse, which is much nicer forum software. More responsive, supports Markdown, smoother UX, etc.

I'd love it if we moved this forum to Discourse, which is much nicer forum software.

Ok, I get that it's a real time chat and it does work well for that but as a replacement for this forum I think it falls very much short of the format we have here. I can't comment on moderating as I don't have experience with that but as a regular user trying to get and also give support I don't share your enthusiasm.
IMHO real-time chat is fine for smaller groups, say for the members of the development team or for communicating feedback to a few recipients like in online courses. In a setting where you have dozens or more users interacting with eachother its just a mess.

Of course it's a free world and everbody can set up their own thing for sharing knowledge on the internet and there have been all sorts of accounts opened on social media in the name of supporting LinuxCNC but I have yet to see one that works as well as this forum for actually getting and giving support.

Oh, I don't think it should replace the forum at all! Not sure if that's what the OP intended. It should complement it.